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#174 Dominate Perioperative Medication Management

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Consciousness of NPO

NPO does not apply to pills it is safe. It is normal and it is appropriate And sometimes it's really the best thing to make sure that a patient has meds on board So take this medication with a small sip of water enough to get it down Before you drive in and check in at 5 30 in the morning Well, so that's kind of how I stratify definitely wanted on board definitely don't want it on board and let's kind of figure out the gray zone in the Middle The NPO after midnight stuffso you're saying meds with sips of water Okay, and you told me that the console guys have a really good Peace on this Yeah, they did it

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